146 ATILIA. 



scribed it as C. pusilla, and finding that name preoccupied 

 changed it to C. fusiformis, which was also preoccupied five or 

 six times by different authors. C. galaxids, Reeve (fig. 84), is 

 a synonym ; as is also probably C. doliolum, Tapparone, an 

 unfigured species from New Guinea. C. Carolines, E. A. Smith, 

 from Strong Island, Solomon Archipelago, is exactly equivalent 

 to the figure of C. galaxias, Reeve ; my specimens being part of 

 the original lot of Carolines. Mr. Smith's figure (fig. 85) does 

 not agree with his description. 



C. MERITA, Brazier. 



Shell thin, acicular, much contracted at the base, yellowish 

 white ; whorls eight or nine, flattened, minutely tabled at the 

 suture, ornamented with roundish opaque white spots, below the 

 suture and between the spots two narrow transverse reddish 

 yellow lines one above the other ; the lower having longitudinal 

 lines of the same color running down, divided with a white band 

 on the centre of the last whorl, spire very much lengthened, 

 aperture pear-shaped, peristome thin, sinus at upper part, colu- 

 mella varicose, canal short, narrow. L. 7, diam. 2'5 mill. 

 Darnley Isl., Torres tits., Australia ; 30 fms., white, 



sandy bottom (Brazier). 



The above is a copy of the original description. I have not 

 seen the species which is unfigured. 



C. ALABASTRUM, ReCVC. PL 51, fig. 14. 



Shell fusiform, alabaster-white, white banded on the subangu- 

 lated periphery, sparingly marked with chestnut blotches. 



Length, 8 mill. 



Habitat unknown (Reeve). Mauritius (Martens). 



The type formed part of the Taylor collection. It is a very 

 doubtful species. Yon Martens has figured a shell from Mauritius 

 to which he applies this name with some doubt. 



C. NJVEOMARGINATA, E. A. Smith. PI. 52, fig. 91. 



Shell grayish white, with an opaque white band spotted with 

 chestnut at the top of the whorls, and a narrower one around the 

 middle of the last whorl, the rest of the surface being marked 

 with opaque white in an irregularly closely reticulating manner; 

 whorls smooth, the third and fourth costate ; suture deep ; 



